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dr.ona
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Shamu63
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| That's one HELL of a crumple zone. |
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Van-go108
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Only a few too many years ago. I even started a thread on slammed or lowered Vanagons in "reader's rides" and posted it as a joke. It was going way more than our standard of 45mph testing speed.
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Ian Epperson
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Wow...has anyone seen this yet? |
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I know it's not "Thing" related, but it is a VW.....
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Yeah, seen it before. Makes me not want to buy a bus.
Here's the bug and golf test:
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I couldn't find any Thing crash test - I bet that'd scare me too!
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Thingggg
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Scared the sh!t out of me. I drive a Vanagon camper.
He!! with the belts I guess maybee I could jump out.
Looks like the Gulf dose a little better @ keeping the drivers compartment in tacked.
check out 2005 Jeta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNosf1ZzHIE
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GPthing
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That works as good as a truck mounted crash cushion.
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GSD_Master
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They murdered a Volkswagen! Four door transporters are rare already!
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Ian Epperson
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Scared the sh!t out of me. I drive a Vanagon camper.
He!! with the belts I guess maybee I could jump out.
Looks like the Gulf dose a little better @ keeping the drivers compartment in tacked.
check out 2005 Jeta
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Towel Rail
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I can't remember the circumstances, but when German Supply Scott's wife got into a head-on accident in their Thing, it (and the wife) fared pretty well. The Thing has some nice crumple zones compared to other ACVWs. Not much by today's standards, but...
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kuebelwagen84
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| alsehendo34 wrote: |
Scared the sh!t out of me. I drive a Vanagon camper.
He!! with the belts I guess maybee I could jump out.
Looks like the Gulf dose a little better @ keeping the drivers compartment in tacked.
check out 2005 Jeta
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the driver's compartment stayed mostly intact, but the floor fell out!
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Doc*181
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Wow...has anyone seen this yet? |
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They overloaded the cargobay with a huge block of concrete. This footage is not an official safety testcrash. 
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MedicTed
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I'd say the speed was also very high.
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bmwloco
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Crash tests of vehicles are important, but I don't give 'em much weight. I don't drive them to wreck them.
I've been riding motorcycles for nearly three decades now. You have to concentrate more on riding and accident avoidance to stay safe on two wheels.
I drive my vintage Thing and '85 Wefty the same way. Aggressively, cautiously, fast, and I'm constantly checking my mirrors to see who is around me. Happily, it's almost impossible to over run your brakes on either. |
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74 Cosa
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| Moral is....don't drive head on into a concrete wall at high speed. |
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WD-40
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| Moral is....don't drive head on into a concrete wall at high speed. |
... with an overloaded cargo area.
I have seen this video in other places... the consensus is always that the vehicle was heavily loaded... and that it pretty much wasn't expected to make it. There's videos of other trucks in similar situations, and they all fare the same.
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GodJockey
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I would never get tired of that job.... unless i had to clean up after wards.  |
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